Precision medicine considerations for the management of heart disease and stroke in East Asians
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in Asian Americans. Importantly, people of East Asian descent are more likely to carry a loss-of-function point mutation in aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2), ALDH2*2, which reduces ALDH2 enzymatic activity by at least 40% relative to wild type ALDH2. Given...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Health/LWW
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Cardiology Plus |
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| Online Access: | http://www.cardiologyplus.org/article.asp?issn=2470-7511;year=2020;volume=5;issue=3;spage=101;epage=108;aulast=Goodnough |